Character

She loves cute Pokémon and cute nicknames (Little Pink for her Jigglypuff, for instance), and does synchronized movements with them when she calls them out.

Her goal, unlike most other Trainers, is to be a "Pokémon Idol". The specifics of being a Pokémon Idol are never made clear in the anime, but it seems to entail putting on a show while battling. Notably, she first appeared before the debut of Pokémon Contests, though in recent appearances, she was shown to become a Coordinator herself. She also entered the Silver Conference along with Jimmy a full year before Jackson.

She also loves men in capes, especially Lance, having a whole notebook full of pictures of him.

Voice actors

Trivia

Marina on a t-shirt.

When Jackson (Vincent) appeared in the Silver Conference, he referred Marina and Jimmy as "Dani" and "Yoshi", leading many to believe that "Dani" was the official English name for Marina. Whether this was the original intention remains unknown. However, in The Legend of Thunder!, she is properly identified as Marina.

Even though the specifics of being a Pokémon Idol are never made clear in the anime, a Trainer class introduced in Generation IV is known as Pokémon Idols. One of them, after battle, states "A Pokémon idol follows their fans, while a Trainer follows their Pokémon".

All of Marina's known Pokémon have only been revealed to know two moves.

Names

Language

Name

Origin

Japanese

マリナ Marina

English

Marina*Dani*

Marina is from her Japanese name.

Chinese (Mandarin)

瑪莉娜 Mǎlìnà*娜娜 Nànà*

瑪莉娜 is a transliteration of her Japanese name.娜 (nà) may be taken from the 'na' in her Japanese name.